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16 year olds are to be given the vote...

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    #31
    Originally posted by MasterBait View Post
    So you let old people who have no social/economical importance anymore decide for their futures
    Well the lefties never stop dripping on about how we should let Shamima Begum back into the country because at 15-16 she "did not really know what she was doing!", yet in the next sentence want to let kids of the same age have a critical say over one of the most important issues facing the country for decades.

    “The period of the disintegration of the European Union has begun. And the first vessel to have departed is Britain”

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      #32
      Originally posted by shaunbhoy View Post
      Well the lefties never stop dripping on about how we should let Shamima Begum back into the country because at 15-16 she "did not really know what she was doing!", yet in the next sentence want to let kids of the same age have a critical say over one of the most important issues facing the country for decades.

      And people tend to get more right wing as they get older.

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        #33
        Originally posted by Zigenare View Post
        Does the fog around your head ever clear?
        Love it when the Brexiters call out other Brexiters on General for being dim, yet they support each other on the sub-forum for their insightful ramblings
        I am what I drink, and I'm a bitter man

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          #34
          Originally posted by Whorty View Post
          Love it when the Brexiters call out other Brexiters on General for being dim, yet they support each other on the sub-forum for their insightful ramblings
          Is that really all you've got?
          Old Greg - In search of acceptance since Mar 2007. Hoping each leap will be his last.

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            #35
            Originally posted by sal View Post
            Agree in principle, but only after complete revamp of the electoral laws.

            The Cambridge analytica fiasco, exposed how easy it is to manipulate popular opinion via social media. 16 y.o. are way to susceptible to social media influence.

            Also the case is more in letting them vote in a referendum with long lasting effects that would affect their lives long term, skipping a GE at 16 will still allow you to make your voice heard at 20, so not that big of a deal.
            Cambridge Anals were mostly active on Facebook. The yoof aren't big users of that social media platform, however the 50+ brexiter grey brigade are. The easily manipulated are the older Wail readers, the likes we see on here. The younger generation get their news and views from multiple sources so have a wider perspective on the world at large.

            HTH
            I am what I drink, and I'm a bitter man

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              #36
              Originally posted by BR14 View Post
              as i Keep having to tell you, i'm Not racist.
              It's You i don't like. specifically. you.
              Me thinks the woman protests too much

              Go on, tell us how many friends you have that have non-white skin
              I am what I drink, and I'm a bitter man

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                #37
                Originally posted by Zigenare View Post
                Is that really all you've got?
                I'm just loving the Dim on Dim fighting

                Look at it from a positive side .... two losers fighting, at long last one of you will finally win something
                I am what I drink, and I'm a bitter man

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                  #38
                  Originally posted by Whorty View Post
                  Cambridge Anals were mostly active on Facebook. The yoof aren't big users of that social media platform, however the 50+ brexiter grey brigade are. The easily manipulated are the older Wail readers, the likes we see on here. The younger generation get their news and views from multiple sources so have a wider perspective on the world at large.

                  HTH
                  You advertise on facebook and it automatically places on Instagram which has a massive user base with teenagers.

                  I do a lot of facebook advertising. I'm just looking at the ad manager and the audience size for 16-18 is 1.9 million. 50-52 is 2.1 million. It's not a big difference.

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                    #39
                    Originally posted by Whorty View Post
                    Me thinks the woman protests too much

                    Go on, tell us how many friends you have that have non-white skin
                    and you.
                    rock spider

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                      #40
                      Originally posted by Zigenare View Post
                      Is that really all you've got?
                      I think it is. (Just adding some remainer on remainer violence in the interests of balance).

                      Originally posted by Whorty View Post
                      The lady doth protest too much, methinks

                      Go on, tell us how many friends you have that have non-white skin
                      FTFY
                      Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!

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